A large-scale multicentre study in Belgium of dose area product values and effective doses in interventional cardiology using contemporary X-ray equipment

In this paper, a large-scale multicentre patient dose study performed in eight Belgian interventional cardiology departments is presented. Effective dose ( E ) was calculated based on a detailed dose–area product (DAP)-registration during each procedure and by using conversion coefficients generated by the Monte Carlo-based computer program PCXMC. Conversion coefficients were found to be 0.177 mSv Gycm−2 for systems that do not use any additional copper filtration in cineradiography and 0.207 mSv Gycm−2 for systems that use additional copper filtration in cineradiography. Mean E values of 9.6... Mehr ...